Men’s Health Webinar: Minding Yourself and Others

Описание: Our Men’s Health Webinar, titled Minding Yourself and Others, was chaired by Lorcan Brennan from the Men’s Development Network and featured special guest Keith Donald, who has famously played with Moving Hearts, Van Morrison, Sinead O’Connor, Mary Coughlan, Christy Moore and loads more. Other speakers included Fergal Fox from HSE Health and Wellbeing, Derek Chambers from HSE Mental Health, Joseph Morning from SpunOut and Rebecca McLaughlin from Irish Men’s Sheds Association.

Key messages included:
• checking in on others,
• creating space for open conversations,
• acknowledging emotions without judgement,
• and leading by example through self-care.

Links to resources:
• Find Yourself: spunout’s free self-directed e-learning course that supports young men and boys to enrich their lives and the lives of those around them by exploring what masculinity means to them: https://spunout.ie/news/find-yourself...
• Navigator: spunout’s online tool for connecting you to personalised mental health information, resources and support: https://spunout.ie/navigator/
• Men’s Development Network Counselling Programme: aims to support men affected by, but not restricted to marginalisation and relationship issues which are generally focused around conflict and loss, includes contact links and phone numbers for counsellors: https://mensnetwork.ie/counselling
• The Male Advice Line(MAL): an important aspect of the Men’s Development Network. This Freephone service has been called a lifeline by some, free national phone line number is 1800 816 588 or visit https://mensnetwork.ie/mal